Home system including a portable fob having a rotary menu and a display

a portable fob and display technology, applied in the field of home systems, can solve the problem that the maintenance phase of the route does not support fast route reconstruction

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-21
EATON CORP
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Since the sender has to be notified each time a route is truncated, the route maintenance phase does not support fast route reconstruction.

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[0086]In this example, Basement is at the top of the list of information 131 and Television is at the bottom of the list, with no wrapping from Television back to Basement being permitted. Also, in this example, the downward arrow 160 of FIG. 5A indicates that Basement is at the top of the list, the upward and downward arrows 162 of FIG. 5B indicate that the three names are not at the top or the bottom of the list, and the line and upward arrow 164 of FIG. 5C indicates that Television is at the bottom of the list.

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[0087]Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5E, Television is followed by Basement in the content region 134 if there is further clockwise rotation of the rotary knob 138, thereby providing a list or menu that wraps. Similarly, if the rotary knob 138 is then rotated slightly counter-clockwise, the names displayed would include: Stereo Sys(tem), Television and Basement.

[0088]As shown in FIG. 5C, the Master Bed(room) name is highlighted by the cursor icon 166 and, when the knob 138 (FIG. 5A) is pushed, the last status information from the corresponding sensor (not shown) is displayed below that name. In this example, the sensor has two attributes, Lights 168 and Battery 170, and the states of those attributes, On 172 and Ok 174, respectively, are also displayed. Generally, sensors include at least the corresponding analog or digital state being monitored, and may also include health information (e.g., battery level; not responding; intermittent).

[0089]FIGS. 6A and 6B show sequences of displ...

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[0118]The base station 4 may provide remote status and alerts directly to the homeowner or user through, for example, telephone, cellular telephone, pager, e-mail or AOL Instant Messenger messages, remote fob, facsimile, any suitable messaging mechanism, or the Internet 16 of FIG. 1 regarding various home conditions, functions and / or utilities.

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Abstract

A home wellness system includes a server having a wireless transceiver, a plurality of sensors each of which has a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the server wireless transceiver, and a portable display and configuration fob, the portable fob includes a rotary thumbwheel encoder, a display and a wireless transceiver communicating with the server wireless transceiver, the thumbwheel encoder and the display cooperate to provide a first rotary menu for displaying the sensor information of the sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring the sensors.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is related to commonly assigned, concurrently filed:[0002]U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 686,187, filed Oct. 15, 2003, entitled “Home System Including A Portable Fob Having A Display”; and[0003]U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 686,016, filed Oct. 15, 2003, entitled “Home System Including A Portable Fob Mating With System Components”.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]1. Field of the Invention[0005]This invention relates generally to home systems and, more particularly, to home systems employing wireless communications, such as, for example, a wireless local area network (WLAN) or a low rate-wireless personal area network (LR-WPAN).[0006]2. Background Information[0007]Wireless communication networks are an emerging new technology, which allows users to access information and services electronically, regardless of their geographic position.[0008]All nodes in ad-hoc networks are potentially mobile and can be connected ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04B7/00G06F3/023G06F3/033G06F3/048H04L12/28H04L29/06H04L29/08
CPCG06F3/0231G06F3/04812G06F3/0482H04L12/282H04L12/2823H04L29/06H04L67/36H04L2012/2841H04L2012/285H04L69/329H04L67/75H04L9/40
Inventor BALLAY, JOSEPH MILANMCMANUS, MICHAEL LAWRENCE
Owner EATON CORP
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